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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-07-20, Page 2s APE TWO, THE SEAFORTH„NEWS. HURON NEWS. Butt Reunion.—The annual .Butt r e- -union was held at I-iarbot Tank, 'God .rich on htottda}, July !3rd. tRepresen- tat}fes from various places were as follows 1'Lr, and Mrs. John Gib'bmgs, Mr, and Ars: Percy'Gibbiit'gs and 'fa- mily, Mr, and'' Mrs. (Warren Gib'bing.s :and family, 'hir. and Mrs. 'J. E. 'Ball, Mrs_ J L. 'Crioh, Qdiss Sadie 'Ball, Clinton; i\l.r. add Mrs. Luther iAlli r, '3'irs. Mary A. Fisher, Mrs. E. 41,damy Mr, •Vl H. Mew Mr. and :Mrs. 13. H. .3Iew,'Mr. Thos, E. 'Gray, Goderich; -lir: Wm. Bateson, Miss Florence Bateson -'Bay City; Mrs. S'Ila M. Woods, 'Santa :Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. Olive Fink„ Mr. Clarence Flak ,, San Marino, 'Cali'f•; Mrs John Cornish, Miss Margaret Cornish,. Mr. Thos. Cornish, (Ripley; Mr. Wm. Palmer, Miss 'Rosie Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. :.Carr Westcatt, Mr. and ;Mrs. J. T. W:estcott, Mr. and Mrs. IW, A. West- •catt and family, .Mr. (Fred Westcott, Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs, O. J. Bali and family, Mrs. M. G. Smith, ' Mr, :Sidney 'Smith, Mr. William Smith, Detroit; 'lir, and Mrs. Geo. H. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. ,Amos 'B'all and family, .Mrs. 'Bert 'Shab'broak and 'family, Au - :burn; Mrs. J. IB. Dinsdale, Mrs. F. Simmons and sonijack, ,Hensall; Mrs. 'E. B. IWestcatt, Mr, Jonathon Light- fy, Wellesley Mrs. ,David Wright,. Mr. and Mrs, Norman, Wright, Miss Mabel Wright, Mr. George Wright, .Mrs. Wesley adden and family, Mr. .and Mrs.'Leslie'Ball and family, [Lon-. ,desboro, .A sumptuous chicken dinner which had been prepared by the ladies of the group, was heartily. partaken of byall, which pleasantly satisfied .the longings of the inner man. ,The after- noon was spent in social char, vari- ous games and singing, until the gong for supper was sounded. After this the next place of meeting was chosen, being the river flats of Mr. George H, Ball, the third -Monday of July, 11934. The following were the committees appointed for nest year General con- -rnittee, Mr. Amos Ball, Mr. Warren Gibbings, Mr. 'Norman Wright; mus- -ical committee Miss Florence Bate- son, Mr. Sidney .Smith. Empty House Burned in ',Goderich at Goderich. He was assisting in low- Twp.—(Fire destroyed an em!pity house Bring a 11.5.0 15, valve When the sup - on t up-on, the farm -of' Jlasper ,Brindley„ con- cession 4 , Goderich township, on Thursday afternoon. A small quantity of hay was also consumed, It is be- lieved that .burning grass was' the cause. The destruction of 'the house removes an iold landmark Which was owned for many years by the late A. M, Polley., A large stable was • de- stroyed 'on the same farm last year. GreyTwp. Council.—.Minutes of'the Council meeting held July '8th. Min- utes of °last meeting were read 'an'd •ap proved on motion of T. C. Wilson, seconded by Silas ;J'oh,nston. Moved by IBroadfoot, seconded' by Hemming - way, that the price of gravel placed. on township roads"this year be i10c yard and 7c 'for gravel fo be •cnushed. Carried. 'Moved by 1Br'oadfo'ot, second ed by tHemmingway, that {Thos. Mc- Donald ' c -Donald' Sr. be appointed Drain 10 - specter .in place of lRobt, Livingstone, by whoa resigned. Carried. Moved y Hemntingway, seconded by IBroadfoo:t that the Collector be given to Aug - not 31i'stto collect the remainder of unpaid taxes, after above date to take legal proceedings to collect same. Car- ried. Moved by ,Wilson, seconded .I by Broadfoot that all approved accounts be paid. Carried. Moved by Hein- mingw*ay, seconded by Johnston that. this Council do now 'adjourn, to meet again August 15th or at the call of the Reeve. Carried' The 'following ac- counts were paid: E. W. {Love, insur- ance for 'Twlp.office, $7150; 'John 'Ro- gers, 'Walton drain, $67:00; 'John iRd- gers, N. rBeancttarnp, $1f17.0:0; W.. C. Bennett, re IW'm. Soles, I i11:17L; Twp. Road Road accounts, $9071116. Skull Fractured in Auto Crash. -Charles Ruffle Sr. of Goderich spent -the Glorious •Twelfth in a colt in the Goderich hospital with a fractured. skull, 'broken jaw and <painful facial, injuries instead of in the march and other festivities at Brussels. His in- juries were theresult of an auto'mo- bile accident the previous evening abitut 7:40 at the intersection of Nel- son St, and Cambria road. Hugh 'Bourn was driving him. The driver n:vas later' arrested for reckless driving. porting nape broke and the heavy otb- ject`drroopped on his feet. Both feet Were badly smashed, and the big toe was cut from one Moot. Several bones were broken and one foot was swol- len so badly that nothing could" be done with it at the time. Elmwood and Thistle Clubs. 'Here he is an enthusiastic; member of the St. Marys Bowling •Club. •Hel'p,iays golf. He also takes 'delight in casting a ,fly for 'the elusive trout ,when op- portunity offers. ' Returning to LucknoW,- \ir. and Mrs. A. E, Buswell and family, who moved to Exeter over ,'a., year and a half ago dram Lucknow, are plan ning to return to the latter place and are leaving there the rlaitter' part of this month. :Mitchell Entrance Results. -0f a total of 1137 entrance candidates, 40 were granted certificates on recom- mendation of the principal and 57 pas- sed the written examination. The highest mark obtained was by Beth :Skinner of S. S. No. 2, Fullarton, and eecond by Isabel 'Drummond of S. S. No, 5, 'Logan. !Principal's recommen— dation: t3otnta Adams (hon:), Mary Cenima, Audrey Chapman (hon.), Kathleen Cummings, Grace Davis, James Delaney (hon.), Mervin Doty (hon), Norman Dow '(hon.), Eileen Elliott ('hon,), 'Flora Gibson, Maxine Harper (hon.), Evelyn l-I'arris (hon.), Carl Slillebrecht (San.), Doris Jordan -Dion.). Mervin Kahle (hon.), Cecil Lemon (hon.). Roy 1Leppard, Keith McGill, Keith McGlenning (hon.), Vera Herman, John Hinz, Kenneth Kraemer, Ella Kraemer, Thomas ice- lady, Harold MacPherson, :Margaret Mahaffy (San.), Ross Mahaffy (hon.), Jean Miller, Almer, Parrott (hon.),. Wilma Partridge (hon.), Frank Pell- ing (hon.). Francis Prendergast (hon) Wilfred Roy. Wilhelmina Russell (hon.), Alice Silk (hon.), Leona Ris- tou, Lulu V,ralkom (hon.), Madeline Waikom (hon), Thelma Walther hon.), Iia Williams. Candidates who passed the exantinatiolas: Harry Ahrens, .Ange?a Bannon, Vera Barker, Walter !Burroughs, Harris Butson hon. Calvin Christie (hon.), Hart- ley ley Davis, Doris Docking, Joseph Donnelly, Arthur Drummond, Isobel Drummond !(hon.), 'Helen Durrant '(hon.). Frances Eiclaneyer, Oscar Eickmeyer, Isabelle Gray, ' Ernest Harburn, 'Grattan Healy, William Heath, Helen_ Herbert, Aldeen ;Hobbs, Bennedict Holland, Russell Huston, Jack Jordan, Teresa Krauskopf, lVil Ilam, ,Littlejohn, Evelyn Longeway, Rita Longeway, .Kenneth McNaught (,hon.), Kathryn McNichol, Wilfred McQuaid, Joyce 'Mabb, Lester Man- ton, Ralph 'Mulholland, Margaret Murphy, 'Leonard Nagle,.. Joseph 01[ chelson, Dorothy Parsons, Aileen Pepper, ' Dorothy; Quance, Mildred Rapien, Mildred Raiz, Viola Renick '(ban.), Edward 'Roach, Rock, Dalton Rolph, Viola Roney, Jean 'Schelienberger, Edith Seeb'aok, Beth ' 'Skinner •(hon.), Earl Staskopf; Gwen ' 'Struthers, William Thiel, Margaret "Tilley (hon.), Ruth Trivett and Marie Wickie. 94th Birthday. --Mr. dames ' Hand- ford, a 'life-long resident ,of Exeter ,- and the oldest ,citizen, observed his 94th birthday on Thursday, .July 6th. A nulnibier of. old friends c'a'lled at the lhome'to offer their congratulations. iRuris Into '" Sheep,—lWihile .on his way to Hanover to see his mother, Mr. 'Harley Colvin of Teeswater meet with what.Might have resulted in a serious :accident, Between Hanover and Walkerton the car he was driv- ing piled into a large flock of sheep. The auto prom,p'tly took to the ditch and turned ,turtle. Some half ; dozen of the sheep were killed and the auto was badly damaged, hut the' driver escaped without injury. 'T•ees'water 'Banks 'Amalgamate At Brussels. — 00 ;Saturday,. Juily''1515, the B'an'k of Commerce at !Brussels .took over the entire •business of the {Brussels Bank of 'Nova Scotia, !In return the Bank. 'of !Nov !Scotia in, 'North Sid- ney'will relieve the !Bank 'of Com- merce of all duties there. The Com- merce has bought the building and the manager's residence of the 'Nava Scotia in (Brussels. 17 Booths in Brussels on the 12th.— The first stand 'beside tW. A. ILowry's garage was in charge al T. (Lawless. and 11, Lowry. At 'H. 'A. iLoffree's corner, with 'iVIm, Bell ` and 'Dunt McKinnon in charge. Ian McDonald and the lollick'boys had a ,booth an the opposite corner beside the ;Bank of Nova Scotia, In the lot beside J. T. Ross's store, Russ. Farrow and Ed. 'Henderson, members of L. O. L. No. 766, operated a stand, and beside them Clarence ;Grainger. Across the road, Anderson's garage had a coun- ter in the doorway. E. Plum, 'H. Thomas and John .Rutledge had a large booth and immediately behind them 'Charles Schaefer, irom Poole, had a stand. Mr. (Williams of 'Wing - ham did 'business beside Wal'ker's carriage works. B. O. McDonald and 1h Kerr were on Mrs. !Ew-an's lawn and Mr, 'Elliott on Win. Hall's cor- ner, John Rutledge had the: rights for the park, and had four booths there. New Pumping System. at Zurich. 'Last week the Zurich police trus- tees met representativesfrom various companies who were present with the intention of selling the town a new water supply :outfit, as the 'present tank at Zurich .will not hold 'water, and the present pump is not standing up too •well, being. at 'present again out of order. The 'purchase was Anal- ly made from the Beattie 'Bros.” of Guelph, and The new outfit includes a 5,000 gallon steel 'pressure tank, 'a different pump and: 'art automatic Switch which will cut in and take off when the supply in the tank is low- ered. -;This will be a great conveni- ence to the users, as there will always be sufficient pressure to force , the Water to any part of the town where water pipes 'will carry it. When this new system is installed it s'h'ould be an inducement •1; or other customers to hook on and have an abundant supply of water,' The new equipment will cost upwards of '$1;1100. Bandsmen in Car Accident. —"On their way to 'Waterloos tnusical hand festival' four ` •Winghani bandsmen w ere very lucky that they were :toot seriously injured. Dave Benlediet was driving' his car, and with him were Harvey Burgess, Fred Johnson' and W. Reid, as they approached Wa•11en- stein the left rear tire blew out. I't was almost' miraculous that those riding in the car escaped with a bad shaking up. The top; of the car was complete- ly demolished, the front axle badly. bent, a Wheel broken off and the steer- ing wheel broken. A trombone and two bass horns which were to; be used in the competition in 'Waterloo were damaged hat can be repaired., body;, and •enough tiresto serve all wheels but the golf irons a'nd but- ted stick were missing. On ' the last night before shaking the -dust of Chica'go off their tires some of 'the' t ved' petty gangsters sdealtlttly rano the two front, wheels, the golf clubs and anything ;else carrykrble tram the St. Marys carr, so that when they went out for an early Start in the dawning they got arude`shc'ck. The two spare wheels and the tires cassia inhandy too.,. Truck, Load of Hay Takes Fire.- Considerable excitement took place on Josephine st., Wingham, one day 'last week.. Ed. Milton's truck, driven by Stewart 'Scott, Was trucking in hay from the 'country, and from some un- known cause the hay to'o'k fire. The firemen were quickly on, .the . scene and after getting the :fire under eon - trot the truck was driven across the sidewalk on to the Bell factory lot and the hay dumped, where it con- tinued to smolder. The truck was also left there although it was able' to move under its own power. The hay was a total loss, Fire in Home Burns +Itself Out. — The fine home of Mr. H. W. Doerr on Main' street, Exeter, had a close call from being gutted by, fire.When the fire alarm sounded in connection with the grass fire on the property of Miss iTom, Mr. Doerr was in the act of cleranin'g a coal -oil stove. He left the house hurriedly for 'the' power plant at the river ie order to start the water pump. When he returned he ;found that he hadleft the oil 'stove blurting and that it had 'begun to smoke and started a fire in the kitchen. -Fortun- ately the doors had been all closed and the thick smoke from. the stove smothered the flames' for had there been any ventilation the flames would no doubt have ..gained considerable, headway. The damage is covered by insurance: Attempt to Burn Walkerton School. -:Incendiarism is suspected in a fire which early one morning threatened the destruction of the Walkerton high school. Coal oil sprayed on the out- side window sill and frame was clearly discernable, after firemen ' .had ex- tinguished the blaze with ifire exting- uishers. No damage resulted due ,to the promptness with ,which the alarm was .sent in by a Brant ,-township young man Who was passing at that hour and noticed the blaze. A Man of Enterprise. — The ,St. Marys Journal -Argus had the follow- ing sketch of Mr: H. J. • !Sutherland: That Sit. Marys has enjoyed 'for some years the advantage of possessing one of the 'best town theatres in the Do- minion of Canada is due to the enter- prise of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. (Suther- land: Baok in :114119 they' built the Lyric Theatre here ;and leased it to Allen Bros., who were leading figures in the theatrical world at that time. Shortly afterwards the 'Aliens wenit into liqu- idation and Mr, !Sutherland took over the management of the theatre. ,Ex- cept for two years, 1935411907, when ,P. J. Greenlees (leased our local theatre, Mr, 'Sulthenland has been in' charge. During that period - Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland Had a rest and spent the Winter in Florida. In '1930 the. Lyric was turned into'a'modern talkie play- house with sound picture equipMent equal to the 'hest, in the metropolitan centres. 'T'he same year Mr. Suther- land built the new theatre at Goder- ich, representing an investment of six- ty -+five 'thousand doiars".L'ast year''a theatre at Seaforth was built and added to the strjng.Since 19117 Mrs,. Sutherland has owned the theatre at Cobourgwhich has been leased to another concern. As, active manager of three theatres, Mr. 'Sutherland leads a 'pretty busy life, Practically ,every week day of theyear he visits all three towns, making headquarters 'in St. Marys, and his two motor cars show a mulleage of between forty and fifty thousand miles a year. His .'bril- liant wife, Who has been associated with him in the theatre enterprise, takes an active interest in everything relating to the conduct of the circuit,. Herb Sutherland was born in Wood- stock and hfs' early boyhood., days were spent in that attractive little city. When he was twelve years of age, he moved with' his ,parents to London, Alter a few years' experience in the Mercantile line, Mr. Sutherland em- barked in business_ with his brother under the firm name of Sutherland Bros. They dealt in 'Stoves, ranges and heating appliances, -carrying.' on business for lfwenty-,five years. from 1900.' to 119126, Since coming to ,St. Marys Mr. Sutherland, 'though a busy man, has taken an interest in community matters..He served for a. time as a member of the .St. Marys' public .schoo'l board. He has been for some years a Member of the Rotary Club and is one of 'the most popular members ,of the Club. 'Herb has been willing to do his Share of any. service work and is a liberal contributor to charitable objects. Througfi his gen- erous co-operation last winter, the Ro Engagemen'f:—Mr. and Mrs. J. Wil- tartans were :able to make a s'n'ug ruin Clinton Bakery Sold rllr, W. G. McIiveen has sold his 'bakery busi- ness in Clinton to Mr, and 'Mrs, J. Bowes of Blyth, and moved to ,Peter- boro, where he will take charge of the farm of Mrs. 'M'dIlveen s, mother. Mrs. MieLli een hadplanned to go' down/ and spend the glimmer on the farm. but when the chance '`carne of sellin'g' out the business in Olin'ton it was de- cided to move. the family at once. Mr. • and Mrs. Bowes took possession last week. ' ICoppiSiocum . The marriage took place atthe hone of ,the bride's aunt. and uncle, Mr, and' Mrs.'S.,'T. ,Kempt- horne, Whitby, of Agnes !Louise Slo- cum of Nev York, granddaughter 01 the late 'Mr: and Mrs. Doherty of Clinton, and Dr, E. F. F. . Copp of 7Jalia11a, Gal., younger son of the late Mr. am,d bars. Joseph Copp, of Clin'tbp. Dir. arid Mrs. Copp left by motor for Port Severn Where they will spend a holiday before teturning to LalJoila, where they will reside. THURSD'A'Y, JULY 20, 1933. , 6! Late Albert 'Neal. — -There passed away on Thursday,6t'h, an es- teemed resident of rte Base Line in the person of Albert N''eal, wihb wets in his sixty-ninth year. His illness dated bank several months and in spite of all that cou'ld be done to arrest it, the disease progressed until' death result- ed. The deecased man was born' in Glouces'ter'shire, England, in 1564, and 'came to Canada in the spring et 11883, settling at Londesboro, and has lived in the locality practioally ever since. In 11687 he was united in mar- riage to Miss ,Sarah Hardy, daughter of the late John !Hardy of the Bate Line. He is survived .by his wife and ane son, Russell, now living on the 'homestead, and two brothers, Rev. Dr. ,Neal and Fred Neal, and one sis- ter, Mrs. Minnie Carter, all Of Toron- to. The funeral, which was largely at- tended, was held frown,his late 'home on the Base Line: The pallbearers were friends and nei'ghb'ors, Messrs. Oliver j. Jervis, Charles Tyner, Rabt, Watkins, Thbs. E. Mason, R. G. Smith and,Norrman Ball. Friends and relatives from a distance present for the funeral were Rev. 'Dr. and Mrs. Neal an'd Miss . Helen Neal, Messrs, Fred and W. E. Neal and James ,Blair and Mrs, Minnie Carter, 'Toronto; Me. and Mrs. W'm, Richardson, Listowel; Mr. and Mrs. W. Black and Mrs. Me - Bray, Wlobdham, and lir, and' Mrs. D. Crawford, Walton. BY.�4G1Ra Pathfi ►dOr TIRES gp,ve. you unusual value r You ;can save 20%o and still get tires which give `1. you better than average service by choosing Goodyear Pathfinders. Goodyear construction —Goodyear guarantee! Unusual value at a low price. , Q A. VV. u n SEAFORTH, ONT. Will Attend C.C.F. Convention. — Mr, R. J. Scott, Belgrave, president of United Farmers of Ontario, left last week 'to attend the first convention of the Co-operative Commonwealth Fed- eration which will be held in Regina. A Record Maple Leaf.=Mrs, J. A. Morton, who is visiting her ; ran' : in Vameou.vet? IBC., sent Mr. and Mrs, W. J. :Greer of 'Winghasn ,a maple' lean that fat size will take same beat- ing. It measures 17 inches across and' 104 inches deep without the. stens,'. Business Change —Mr. B. M. Fran- cis of Exeter has purc'h'ased the Ex- eter branch of theeggand poultry business of Mr. N. W. Trew'artha, and took possession last week. cocks announce the engagement of for crippled mhnldren s wank by put - their only daughter Rhea Agnes Wil- cocks, to Rev. James F. Myers, L. Th., sop of Mrs. J. _E. Myers and the tate J, E. Myers. 'The marriage to take place the middle of August. Vel- outdoor sport. In his younger'." days • Feet Crushed—Mr;. E. Hornet', lie went in for baseball. Now he is son street, was the victim mostly seen on the bowing green;: 3.1 of an unfortunate and painful accident he 'belonged to the London at the 'Western 'C'anada. Flour Mills I : . ting on a .minstrel show at the Lyric. Tihis year Herb is chairman of the international •relations committee. Mr. Sutherland has always 'been an en thuS'iaslic devotee and, supporter of Engagement. --41r. 'and Mrs. W. H. Dearing of Exeter announce the en- gagement of their youngest daughter, Madeline Beatrice to Wesley' James. Witmer, son of Mrs.. David Witmer, the nrarriage_;to take •place early in August, Reception for Bride and Groom. On 'Wednesday evening last week the spacious lawn at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. ..'George • Thornton was thronged with many guests, invited' to a reception in honer of their dau- ghter, Elsie Isabel, vrho was recently married to Alvin D. Snasth Of Blue - vale. Bright moonlight and the glow of; many J'apanese lantern's made the occasion ideal for ,entertainment. Mr, and Mrs, 'Smith received the guests On the lawn, Mrs. ,Smith wearieg'her wedding gown of rose beige crepe with' a corsage of roses. Green -Dean. ---,A quiet wedding was solemnized at the rectory in Exeter when Miss' Birdie Dean of ;Owen Sothic" and 'Henry 'Green of Exeter were Junited in the bond's of holy mat- rimony. Anter a short honeymoon the happy couple will reside in Mr.. Greenls , cottage on 'Main st:, Exeter. 3s Chicago Bad? -,(Two St. Mary's men who have just came from a mo- tor trip to the Chicago Fair, have an idea that all. the stories they have heard about the windy City being a tough 'joint' have 'some bearing:in•the sects. Their,, own experience would seen toindicate that there area few thieves\ still: able to he ,up and around in that city. When 'Milton D'unnell and Allen Crozier pulled away from the 'Sttone. Town a week or so ago on what they expected would be a` fine trip, their car was equipped with two spare tires and wheels to say nothing of a set of golf cl'u'bs `and 'a lacrosse' stick. When they came ,home they' at;Ill ,'had the car ( was married there and went with her husband to reside in Onondago, • in Brant County, where she lived until Mr. Howell's death, coming to Gode- rich in 191112. She is Survived by two sons, M. W. Howell of Goderich, and E. H. Howell, on the homestead at Onondaga% Two sons predecea d; her. The remains were taken to Bra ford for interment in the family pl at Brant Church near Brantford. Soft Ball,—Seaforth won a snappy game of soft ball from Mankton .10-9 here on Friday. A large crowd wit- nessed the game. There were t, many good 'plays and same close decisions, M'onkton were leading 9 to 7 at the beginhing df the ninth inning but Seaforth scored three runs, to win the game 10 to 9. 'Cudmar patched faun and a half innings for 'Seaforth and struck out five men, and Buckman finished the game with three strike- outs to 'his credit. 'Metz pitched the whole game for Monktan and did well. To decide where the play-off game s'ho'uld take place between \'Ionkton and Seaforth, President Su- therland flipped .a coin and the game went. to Monkton.. Clinton. now leads Goderich in section A. Monkton .. ,.. 300'3113. 000— 9 Seaforth , . , 100141411 003-10 Monkton—Merryifield; ,cf; Erskine, 2b; ,E. Bettger, ;11b; E. Wilsons, ss; Ni- cholson, 3h; H; Behtger, 11; Metz, p; Leppard, r -f; Weber, c. 'Seaforth-4G. Rennie ss; Muir, 2d); E. ,Rennie c; Wright, ib; Brownlee, rf; 'Taman, 3b; Burgess, 11; McGreg- or cf; ,Buckman land Cuclanore, p, (Umpires —'Elliott and Fulford of Clinton: Josiah Knight-iA4ter a painful ill- ness Josiah, Bunke I€night died at h'•is. hone :on Waterloo street,' Goderich, Thursday' night, in his 514th year, Mr. Knight had been ill for fourteen months. He was a native of Ashfield, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight, and followed his trade asa baker in Chatham ,1'Woodstock, Kit- chener and Medicine Halt before his removal to Goderich where he was in business' 'urvtil he instituted a delivery business ,whishhe carried on until overtaken by illness. In 1'9110 'he mar- ried Miss Annie Wilson - of Wrox- eter, who survives with three chil- dren, Stewart, who was In 'business with his father, Wilson and Edna, all at ho'm'e. A brother, Jethro Knight, lives ha London, and a sister, 'Mrs. Isbister, hi Wroxeter. (Mrs. Howell, Goderich.-Mrs. Mary Alice Howell, widow of the Late Isaac Howell, passed peacefully away Fri- day night at her home on Trafalgar Street,„Goderch, in 'her 88th year. Mns, Howell was born at Hohnesville,. She Died at Stratford 'A native of Stor- mont Coun'ty' and a beloved resident of ,Cornwall for the greater part of his life, Alexander Charles Cameron passed quietly Friday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. James •L, Kil- loran, Morn'ington•'and Elizabeth sts., 5,tratford. Mr; Cameron was in his 91,st year and despite his advanced age he had been in remarkably fine health until he was taken 311.' about six weeks ago.Bord at Finch, Storm - mit County, Mr. Cameron was the son of the late John and Nancy Cam- eron, natives of Inverness, Scotiand,f ' who settled in Eastern lOstaria their arrival in the new land. When young man Mr. Cameron tno'ed to Cornwall where he married Miss Margaret IGillie, who passed to her reward some tw•entyaflve years ago. Mr. Cameron was in the paper mili, business in Cornwall for many years and for the past twenty-five years he had resided in Vancouver, coming to live in Stratford last September. The aged p'io'neer of Eastern Ontario was a staunch member of the Presbyterian Church. He is survived by three dau- ghters,Margaret, widow of John P. Murphy, Cariboo, B:C.; Maude, wife of Hon, Mr, Justice Dennis 'M'urphy, Vancouver, B,C., and Violet, wife. of County, Judge James L, Killoran, of Stratford. There are also surviving ten grandchildren and 'four great, grand- children. The remains were interred at Cornwall on ,Stutday afternoon. • ZURICH. 11'r, Frank ISei'bert of 'Detroit .was a visitor with Ms parents here. Workmen have been busily •engag- ed 'putting in a cement ,floor in the back: of the fire hall.'wi'th 'bases for the new water tank. At a recent .meeting of the Zurich School 'Board, the _,teacher` for the continuation school was d•ecide•d son, and and the lot fell to •3[r, 'Randall Cole of near Clinton with a salary of $1,000, Mr. 'Cole conies 'highly rec omtnended, having had two ye'ars' training, and should make a very ef- ficient teacher far the Z'uri'ch school. ,'Mr, 'Clayton IFIofilma'n, 'principal ( in Galt puiblic'•sohool, is spending his holidays .with his parents, &Ir. !Lloyd 'O'Brien has purchased the 'village 'property where he ''has lived for some time from the A. Rit- tenhouse Rilt-tenlhoiuse 'Estate. al'Ir, and Mrs. !Henry Geiger and' son, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Geiger of Cavalier, (North Dakota, are visiting with relatives 'and 'friends at Zurich. They made the ' trip by auto. (Gentleman (who is visiting, to lit- tle boy of the house): "And 'w'hy won't ylou let nae take you on the river in,,a nice boat?" Little Boy: "Oh, please, Mr. Tubbs, because I heard pa tell ma that you can hardly keep your head above wat- er, and -and -S can't' swim."